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June 19, 2012

Obama Nominee for Iraq Withdraws Bid 
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President Barack Obama’s pick for ambassador to Iraq has withdrawn his
nomination following Republican opposition and claims of inappropriate
contact with a journalist. Brett Mc Gurk had come under fire from Senate
Republicans over revelations of a racy email exchange with a Wall Street
Journal reporter while he served in Iraq in 2008. Mc Gurk and the
reporter, Gina Chon, later married. Chon resigned from the Wall Street
Journal last week.

 

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